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Bill of goods

noun

Communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable.

A consignment of merchandise.

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"Bill of goods" Quotes from Famous Books

... away, pretty much of the merchant's opinion. My next meeting with Mr. Gray was in the shop of a mechanic to whom he had sold a bill of goods some months previously. He had called to collect a portion of the amount which remained unpaid. The mechanic ...

— All's for the Best • T. S. Arthur

Words linked to "Bill of goods" : deceit, deception, misrepresentation, bill